Never, ever give up | Diana Nyad

Translator: Jamal Omar Reviewer: Mohamed Aanoy

It's the fifth time I stand on this shore,

waa markii shanaad aan istaagayo xeebtaan,

the Cuban shore,

xeebta Kuuba (Cuba),

looking out at that distant horizon,

anigoo fiirinayo fogaantasi aadka u dheer,

believing, again,

aaminayo, mar labaad,

that I'm going to make it all the way

inaan socon doono

ilaa aan ka jaro baaxadaas aadka u weyn

across that vast, dangerous wilderness of an ocean.

qatarta halista ah ee bada.

Not only have I tried four times,

Ma ahin kaliya inaan afar mar oo hore isku dayay,

but the greatest swimmers in the world have been trying since 1950,

laakin dabaalyahanada ugu weynaa aduunka

ayaa isku dayayay ilaa iyo sanadii 1950-kii,

and it's still never been done.

ilaa hada weli meesan ku guuleysan.

The team is proud of our four attempts.

Kooxdeenu wey ku qanacsan yihiin isku daygeeni afarta mar ahaa ee hore.

It's an expedition of some 30 people.

waa socdaal ka kooban 30 qofood.

Bonnie is my best friend and head handler,

Bonnie waa saaxibteyda qaliga ah iyo hor joogahena

who somehow summons will,

kaaso aan iga raja dhigin,

ilaa inta rajo ay igu jirto, markii aan quusto,

that last drop of will within me, when I think it's gone,

after many, many hours and days out there.

kadib saacadoyin badan iyo maalmo aan kujirnay bada.

The shark experts are the best in the world --

qabiir yahanada yaxas badeedka aya ah kuwa dunida ugu qatarsan--

large predators below.

dhanka ugaarta waawen ee hoose.

The box jellyfish, the deadliest venom in all of the ocean,

Malaay waabaydka, sunta halista ah

ee bada kujiro, ayey biyahana leeyihiin,

is in these waters,

waana ku sigtay ineey idilaan

and I have come close to dying from them on a previous attempt.

isku daygoodi hore

xaaladaha ay ku sugan yihiin naftooda,

The conditions themselves,

besides the sheer distance of over 100 miles in the open ocean --

weliba dherarka toosan oo ka badan 100-ka mile

ee bada furan--

the currents and whirling eddies and the Gulf Stream itself,

dabeylaha iyo hirarka biyaha waregsanayo

iyo badweynta naftirkeeda, waa sheeyaha aanla saadalin karin

the most unpredictable of all of the planet Earth.

ee dhulka.

And by the way -- it's amusing to me

Sidaas ay tahay, aad baan ula yaabaa

that journalists and people, before these attempts, often ask me,

suxufiyayaasha iyo dadka isku daya

ineey i weediyaan,

"Well, are you going to go with any boats or any people or anything?"

"Hagaag, dooman miyaa idin ka xeenayo

ama dad ama wax uun?"

(Laughter)

And I'm thinking, what are they imagining?

Anigana waxan ku fekeraya waxay is weedinayaan ?

That I'll just sort of do some celestial navigation --

inaan bada si raaxo leh iasaga baashalayo,

(Laughter)

And carry a bowie knife in my mouth,

misna aan midihalis ah afka kuwato,

and I'll hunt fish and skin them alive and eat them,

oo an malayga iska ugaarsandono misna aan maqaar siibanayo oo aan iska cunayo,

and maybe drag a desalinization plant behind me for fresh water.

ama aan biyaha bada iska fiiltareesanayo

si aan u cabo biya macaan.

(Laughter)

(Qosol)

Yes, I have a team.

Haa, waxaan leeyahay koox. (Qosol)

(Laughter)

waana qabiiriin, sidoo kalena waa geesiyaal ,

And the team is expert,

and the team is courageous,

and brimming with innovation and scientific discovery,

kuna hoolan waxyaalo cusub

iyo cilmiga seeyniska soo saaridiisa,

as is true of any major expedition on the planet.

taaso run ahaantii ah socdaal dheer oo lagu maro dunida.

waxaana ku jirnay safarkaas.

And we've been on a journey.

And the debate has raged, hasn't it,

Doodiina waxa ka dhashay caro, soomahin.

since the Greeks,

tan iyo Giriigii,

of isn't it what it's all about?

miyeesan ku saabsaneen?

Isn't life about the journey, not really the destination?

Miyeesan noloshu safar aheen,

maahin dhamaadka?

And here we've been on this journey,

Anaguna waxaan kuguda jirnay safarkaan,

xaqiiqduna waa, mid aad uxiiso badan.

and the truth is, it's been thrilling.

We haven't reached that other shore,

Weli ma aanan gaarin xeebta kale,

welina isku daygeenii iyo balanteenii,

and still, our sense of pride and commitment,

unwavering commitment.

balanteenii aanan is badalin.

Ilaa aan goortii 60-jirsaday, riyadaydii weli way nooleyd

When I turned 60, the dream was still alive

from having tried this in my 20s -- dreamed it and imagined it.

isku daygii waagi aan 20-jirka ahaay,

iyo riyadeeydi iyo hamigeeygii.

Cadadii biyo ee ugu caansanaa

The most famous body of water on the Earth today, I imagine,

ee dunidan maanta, hadii aan qiyaso, waa inta u dhaxeysa Cuba ila Florida.

Cuba to Florida.

And it was deep. It was deep in my soul.

Waxayna ahey mid aad mool u ah. mid nolosheyda aa ugu fog.

Markii aan 60-jirsadayna,

When I turned 60,

it wasn't so much about the athletic accomplishment,

maysan aheyn mid aan guul ka gaaray,

maysan aheen sida "waxaan rabaa inaa noqdo koowad"

it wasn't the ego of "I want to be the first."

That's always there and it's undeniable.

Midaasna ma ahan mid la inkiri karo.

laakin waxay aheyd mid qoto dheer. waxay aheyd, imisa ayaad noolan?

But it was deeper.

It was "how much life is there left?"

Let's face it -- we're all on a one-way street, aren't we?

Aan wajahno, anagoo dhan isku mooqif aan nahay, meeysan aheyn,

maxaan sameeynaa?

And what are we going to do?

What are we going to do as we go forward, to have no regrets looking back?

maxan sameyna si aan horay ugu socono

si aanan u shalaaynin ?

Iyo sanadkaan dhan oo aan tababarka kujirnay,

And all this past year in training,

I had that Teddy Roosevelt quote

Waxan haayay Teddy Roosevelt (nin magaciisa) oraahdiisa

to paraphrase it, floating around in my brain.

oo kooban, weli maskaxdayda ayee ka dhex guuxesa,

It says, "You go ahead.

waxay leedahay," Horay u soco,

You go ahead and sit back in your comfortable chair

horay u soco misna ku fadhiiso kursigaaga raaxada ah

and you be the critic, you be the observer,

noqona dhaliil-raadiye, fiirsade,

while the brave one gets in the ring and engages

halka geesigana uugalayo xerada ganaaxa

and gets bloody and gets dirty and fails over and over and over again,

asigoo dhiigayo misna wasaq ka muuqato hadana guul dareesanayo

marba marka ka dambeeso,

but yet isn't afraid and isn't timid and lives life in a bold way."

laakin weli aanan cabsaneynin misna fulay aheen

kuna nool nolol heer saro ah."

And so of course I want to make it across.

Sidoo kale dabcan waxan rabaa inaan is dhaafiyo.

It is the goal, and I should be so shallow to say that this year,

waa hamigeyna, si aanan qoto dheeren wa in aan u dhahaa

sanadkani, socdaalkeen wuxuu ahaa mid aad uga xiiso badan

the destination was even sweeter than the journey.

safarkeena.

(Laughter)

(Qosol) (Sacbis)

(Applause)

But the journey itself was worthwhile taking.

laakin safarku wuxuu ahaa mid aadid mudan.

And at this point, by this summer,

Hadadaan, xagaagan,

everybody -- scientists, sports scientists,

qof walbo-- seynis yahanada, ciyaatooyda, seeynis yahanada,

qabiiryahanada dagan, taqasusayasha cilmiga neerfaha,

endurance experts, neurologists,

my own team, Bonnie --

kooxdeeyda, Bonnie--

said it's impossible.

ayaa igu dhaheen suurto gal maahin.

It just simply can't be done, and Bonnie said to me,

ma dhici karto, Bonnie-na waxay igu dhahday,

"Laakin hadaa safarkaasi aadaysid

"But if you're going to take the journey,

waxaan arki doona adigaa ka dhexbaxay gabi ahaan,

I'm going to see you through to the end of it,

marka waan kula socon doona."

so I'll be there."

And now we're there.

Hadana waan joogna bartii.

As we're looking out, kind of a surreal moment

Oo sidii aan banaanka u eegeynay, si dhab ahaan ah

Intanan dabaalan kaho,

before the first stroke,

standing on the rocks at Marina Hemingway,

waxaan ku wada istagsaneen dhagaxyada Marina Hemingway,

the Cuban flag is flying above,

Calanka Cuba-na si sare kor ayuu luxanayay,

all my team is out in their boats, hands up in the air,

kooxdayda dhamantoodna doomankoda ayeey kasoo wada baxeen,

Ayagoo gacmaha kor u tagayo,"Waan imaanay, waan idiin imaaay,"

"We're here!

We're here for you!"

Aniga iyo Bonnie waan is yara eegnay, anagoo dhaheeno,

Bonnie and I look at each other and say,

Sanadkani, waa kii aan ku duceysanay--

this year, the mantra is -- and I've been using it in training --

waana kusoo duceesan jiray intan tababaranayay--

Find a way.

si aan wado u helo.

You have a dream

Riya ayaad wada leedihiin

and you have obstacles in front of you, as we all do.

carqalada ayaana idin hor taalo, sida anaga oo kale.

None of us ever get through this life

Midkeenaba nolosha kama guulesto

without heartache,

qalbi jab la aan,

Jaha-wareer la aan,

without turmoil,

and if you believe and you have faith

hadii aad aaminsantahay oo aadna iiman leedahay

waa guul dareesan kartaa hadana waa kasoo kaban kartaa

and you can get knocked down and get back up again

and you believe in perseverance

oo aad aamin san tahay mintidnimo

as a great human quality,

si qof karti leh,

waad guuleysan, Bonnie aya mar dhankeyga aheyd,

you find your way.

And Bonnie grabbed my shoulders,

ayadoo i dhahaysay," Nakeen aan Florida aadno."

and she said, "Let's find our way to Florida."

And we started, and for the next 53 hours,

Safarkena ayan horey usii wadanay, 53-da saacadood ee soo socota

it was an intense, unforgettable life experience.

waxay ahey mid aad u dhib badan, oo lama ilowan ah

The highs were high, the awe --

Sareeye waa sare, xooga badan,

I'm not a religious person, but I'll tell you,

ma ahi qof diini ah, laakin waan ku sheegayaa,

joogida bada buluuga aadka u weyn

to be in the azure blue of the Gulf Stream

as if, as you're breathing,

sidii adigo neefsanayo,

you're looking down miles and miles and miles,

misna hoos u fiirinaya baaxad aadka u weyn

to feel the majesty of this blue planet we live on --

adigoo is wedinaya awooda leh koonkani buluuga aah kunool nahay

waa sheey si xoogleh kuu dhiiri galinaya.

it's awe-inspiring.

waxaan heesta heesa gaarayo ilaa iyo 85 heesod,

I have a playlist of about 85 songs,

and especially in the middle of the night ...

saqdii dhexe habeenkii qaasatan,

habeenkas, maxa yelay nal ma isticmaalno habeenki---

That night, because we use no lights -- lights attract jellyfish,

nalka waxay soo jiitaan malay waabaydka, yaxasyada,

lights attract sharks,

waxaykaloo ku kenan nooc malay ah oo yaxaska cuno,

lights attract baitfish that attract sharks,

so we go in the pitch black of the night.

marka habeenimo mugdi ah ayaan socona.

You've never seen black this black.

Walliga mugdi noocas ah oo kale maadan arag.

You can't see the front of your hand,

Xitaa calaacashada ma arki kartid,

and the people on the boat, Bonnie and my team on the boat --

Misda dadka doonta saaran,

Bonnie iyo kooxdeyda doonta saaran,

they just hear the slapping of the arms,

waxay kaliya maqlayaan waa garaaca gacmaha,

and they know where I am,

weyena ogyihiin meesha aan joogo,

because there's no visual at all.

maxa yeelay wax arag ah maba jiro

And I'm out there kind of tripping out on my little playlist.

waxana kasoo baxay meesha sidii anigoo ku dheelayo

Heesta ii daaran.

(Laughter)

(Qosol)

I've got tight rubber caps, I don't hear a thing.

waxa ii xiran koofida dabaasha,

marka waxba ma maqlo

I've got goggles and I'm turning my head 50 times a minute,

waxa ii xeran ookiyaalo misna madaxayga ayaan 50 mar daqiidii geesba gees u wareejiya,

and I'm singing ...

weli waan heesayaa,

(Singing) Imagine there's no heaven

♪Qiyaas jano la 'aan♪

(Laughter)

doo doo doo doo doo

♪ doo doo doo doo doo♪

It's easy if you try

♪ way fududahay hadaad iskudaydo ♪

doo doo doo doo doo

♪doo doo doo doo doo ♪

And I can sing that song a thousand times in a row.

kun mar oo iska xigto waan qaadi karaa heestaas.

(Qosol)

(Laughter)

Now there's a talent unto itself.

Hadee waa xirfad ayada naftirkeeda..

(Laughter)

(Qosol) (Sacab)

(Applause)

And each time I get done with,

waqti walba aan heestaas qaado

(Singing) Oh, you may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one

♪ Ooh, iska dheh waxan ahay qof iska riyoodo laakin Aniga Kaliyah kuma jiro ♪

222.

Laba boqo labaatan iyo labo (222)

(Singing) Imagine there's no heaven

♪ Qiyaas jano la'aan ♪

(Laughter)

markaan soo gaaro dhamaadka kun-ka mar

And when I get through the end

of a thousand of John Lennon's "Imagine,"

ee heesta John Lennon "Qiyaas,"

I have swum nine hours and 45 minutes ...

waxaan dabaashay sagaal saac iyo afartan iyo shan daqiiqad

exactly.

Sida saxda ah .

(Laughter)

And then there are the crises.

Kadib waxaa jiro dhibatoyin. Dabcan wey jiraan.

Of course there are.

And the vomiting starts, the seawater -- you're not well.

Matak Ayaa bilaabanaya,

biyaha bada , Adigane ma wanagsanid,

You're wearing a jellyfish mask for the ultimate protection.

waxaa xirantahay gashanka wejiga la gashto si malay waabayga uusan kuu waxyeeleenin.

It's difficult to swim in.

aad beey u adagtahay inaad ku dhex dabaalatid.

It's causing abrasions on the inside of the mouth,

Waxay sababesa in afkaga gudihisa uu diirka ka qaadmo,

Laakin lug shabaha (xaywan leh luga badan oo bada dhexdeda ku nool) kuma wax yeeleen karo.

but the tentacles can't get you.

And the hypothermia sets in.

Iyo qabowga bada.

The water's 85 degrees, and yet you're losing weight

Heer kulka biyaha waa 85-degrees, welina miisankaga wuu naaqusayaa

and using calories.

adigoo isticmaalayo qalabka heer kulka lagu cabiro, markii aad imaado

And as you come over toward the side of the boat --

dhanka doonta, laguma ogolo inaad taabato,

not allowed to touch it, not allowed to get out,

mana laguu ogolo inaad kadagato,

but Bonnie and her team hand me nutrition

laakin Bonnie iyo kooxdeeda ayaa isiiyeen nafaqo

ina weeydiyeen sidaan ahay, miyaan ladanahay,

and ask me how I'm doing, am I all right.

I am seeing the Taj Mahal --

halkaan ayaa Taj Mahal (waa dhisma aad uqurux badan oo India kuyaalo) uga jeeda.

(Laughter)

Over here.

I'm in a very different state --

Xaalad kale ayaanba ku jiraa,

(Laughter)

And I'm thinking, "Wow!

waxana ku fekerayaa, woow, waligey maba is dhihin

I never thought I'd be running into the Taj Mahal out here.

Halkaan ayaan Taj mahal ku booqan doona.

It's gorgeous!

Aad beey u qurux badantahay

I mean, how long did it take them to build that?

Calashaan, imisa ayeey ku qaadatay ineey dhisaan?

Kaliya--Uh, wuuuu. (Qosol)

It's just ...

So, uh -- wooo -- you know?

(Laughter)

We kind of have a cardinal rule

Hadana waxaan leenahay sharci ah

that I'm never told how far it is, because we don't know how far it is.

In xaqiiqdi aanba liisheegin dhererka meeshan usocono,

Maxaa yeelay anagaba ma ognin dhererkeeda.

Maxaa kugu dhici doono

What's going to happen to you between this point and that point?

inta u dhexeesa labadaan caaradood?

Maxaa ku dhici doona jawiga

What's going to happen to the weather and the currents

iyo korontadaba , Ilaahey amarkiis, meel aaba ku xanuuni

and, God forbid, you're stung,

when you don't think you could be stung in all this armor.

adigooba is dhahaya xanuun maba dareemesid goor aa gaashankan dhan aa heesatid,

Bonnie ayaa go'aan gaartay

Bonnie made a decision coming into that third morning

subaxnimadii maalintii sedaxaa ee ku xigtay

that I was suffering,

oo aan xanuunsanayay

and I was hanging on by a thread.

misna aan qatarta kujiray

And she said, "Come here,"

waxayna igu dhahday, "Kaalay,"

and I came close to the boat, and she said,

waxaana ag imaaday doonta, waxayna igu dhaday

"Fiiri, Halkaas fiiri,"

"Look, look out there."

waxana arkay iftiin, maxa yelay waay fududahay in wax la arko maalintii,

And I saw light,

because the day is easier than the night,

waxaana umaleyay maalin inay noqoneso,

and I thought we were coming into day.

waxaana arkay il iftiin cad ah

I saw a stream of white light along the horizon,

oo kaso jeedo meel yara fog,

and I said, "It's going to be morning soon."

waxan ku dhahay, "Maalin ayee noqonee mardhow,"

Waxayna igu dhahday, "Maya, waa nalal muhiim u ah dhanka Galbeedka."

And she said, "No, those are the lights of Key West."

It was 15 more hours,

Waxaa noo dhimnaay 15 saacadood oo kale,

which for most swimmers would be a long time.

taas oo waqti badan ku noqoneeso dabaalyahanada badankood.

(Laughter)

(Qosol) (Sacbis)

(Applause)

You have no idea how many 15-hour training swims I had done.

Ma ogtid inta mar oo aan tababar dabaal oo 15 saac qaadaneso aan horay u sameeyay.

So here we go, and I somehow, without a decision,

Markaa waa kanaa, go'aan la'aan

went into no counting of strokes

baan horay usocday anoo jugta igu dhaceso tirineenin

and no singing

misna heeseenin, oraahda Stephen Hawking aana aqrineenin

and no quoting Stephen Hawking on the parameters of the universe.

ama xuduudaha dunida,

I just went into thinking about this dream, and why and how.

Riyadaan uun baa horay usii watay,

misna "Sabab" iyo "Sidee."

Saa horey dhahay, markii aan 60 jirsaday,

As I said, when I turned 60,

it wasn't about that concrete "Can you do it?"

meysan aheen ku adkeesashada ah "Miyaa sameen kartaa"?

That's the everyday machinations.

Taasi waa sirteena maalmeedka ah.

That's the discipline, and it's the preparation,

Waa anshaxa, iyo is diyaarinta,

Sharaf ayeena taa leedahay.

and there's a pride in that.

But I decided to think, as I went along,

Intan horay u socday ayan waxan go'an saday oo an ku fekeray

about -- you know, the phrase usually is, "reaching for the stars."

In ay oraahdeenu ay xidigaha isku shareertay,

And in my case, it's reaching for the horizon.

ani ahaan , waxayba gaaresa meel aad uga sii saresa xidigaha.

And when you reach for the horizon,

Markii aad gaartid meel sare,

as I've proven, you may not get there.

sidii aan horay idinkugu cadeeyay, ma gaaresid xidigahas,

But what a tremendous build of character and spirit

laakin aqbaartada aadku u awooda badan iyo mooraalkaga

that you lay down;

aad dhistay ayaa gaaraya.

what a foundation you lay down in reaching for those horizons.

Aas aaska aad horay u dhistay ayaa gaaraya

heer sare.

And now, the shore is coming.

Hadana xeebtii wey soo dhawaatay,

And there's just a little part of me that's sad.

qeeb yar oo aniga iga mid ah ayaa murugeeysan,

The epic journey is going to be over.

Safarkeeni qotada dheeraa ayaa dhamaan rabo.

So many people come up to me now and say,

Dad aad utiro badan ayaa ii imanayo oo i dhahayo,

"What's next?"

"Maxaa inoo xiga? Weeynu jecel nahay midaas!

(Laughter)

"We love that!"

(Laughter)

Raad-raacahas yara ee kumbuyuutara kor saarnaa?

"That little tracker on the computer?

When are you going to do the next one?

Goormee sameeyneeynesa midka xiga? waxaan sugi la'nahay inaan raacno midka xiga."

We can't wait to follow the next one."

Koleey, waxay kaliya joogen 53 saacadood,

Well, they were just there for 53 hours,

and I was there for years.

anigana waxaan halkaa joogay sanadooyin.

And so there won't be another epic journey in the ocean.

Marka safar dambe oo qota dheer oo bada loo aado majiri doonto.

But the point is, and the point was,

Laakin macnahaygu waxay tahay, ama ahaan doontaa

that every day of our lives is epic.

Inay maalin walbo tahay maalin qoto dheer,

And I'll tell you, when I walked up onto that beach,

waxaana kuu sheegaya, markii aan xeebta ku kor socday

staggered up onto that beach ...

xeebta ayaan aad ula dhacsanaa,

I had so many times, in a very puffed-up ego way,

waqti badan ayaan heestay

si farxad iyo heer sare ay ku dheehan tahay,

rehearsed what I would say ...

waxaanba xeebta ku taba-baranayay wixii aan dhihi lahaay.

(Laughter)

on the beach.

Mar ay Bonnie umaleysay inay

When Bonnie thought the back of my throat was swelling up,

qeebta hoose ee cunahayga ay barareeysay,

she brought the medical team over to our boat

misna ay doonteena keentay kooxda caafimaadka

to say, "She's really beginning to have trouble breathing;

si ay u dhahdo xaqiiqdii waxay bilaabeysaa

inay neefta dhib ku noqoto.

another 12, 24 hours in the saltwater ..." --

12 ilaa 24 saac oo kale ee biyaha dhanaanka dhexdiisa,

the whole thing -- I just thought, in my hallucinatory moment,

gabi ahaan--- anigana waxan ku fekeray

Inaan mar si dhab ahaaned u maqlay erayga "Qoor-goyn"

that I heard the word "tracheotomy."

(Laughter)

(Qosol)

Bonnie ayaa waxay dhaqtarkii ku dhahday,

Bonnie said to the doctor, "I'm not worried about her not breathing.

" kama wal walsani neefsasho la'aanteeda.

hadayba hadli karin markeey xeebta gaarto,

If she can't talk when she gets to the shore,

aad beey u xanaaqeysa."

she's going to be pissed off."

(Laughter)

(Qosol)

But the truth is, all those orations that I had practiced,

Laakin runta waxay tahay, qudbooyinkaan dhan

aan horay ugu soo tabab -bartay si aan uga fakto

just to get myself through some training swims as motivation --

tababarka daabasha qaarkood si dhiira galin ah,

it wasn't like that.

meysan aheen sidaas.

It was a very real moment,

waxay aheyd waqti dhab ah,

with that crowd, with my team.

oo aan la soconay bulshadas, kooxdeeyda.

We did it. I didn't do it. We did it.

weeynu ku guulesanay, kaligey ma guleysan, laakin dhamaantena.

And we'll never forget it. It'll always be part of us.

mana hilmaami doono waligeyn, qeeb naga mid ah bey ahaan doontaa.

The three things I did sort of blurt out when we got there, was first:

Seddaxda sheey oo afkayga ka faktayna

markii aan halkii aan rabnay gaarnay waxay ahayd, mida koowaad "waligaa, marna ha quusan."

Never, ever give up.

I live it.

Waan ku noolahay. Waa maxay macnaha maanta ee filoosafarkii Socrates?

What's the phrase from today from Socrates?

Audience: To be is to do.

Ahaansho waa sameen.

Diana Nyad: To be is to do.

So I don't stand up and say, "Don't ever give up."

Marka inaan istaago ma iska dhahayo, marnaba haquusan.

I didn't give up.

Maana quusanin, ficil ayaana ka dambeeyay erayadaan.

There was action behind these words.

The second is:

Mida labaad waa, "Riyadaada waad ku dooran kartaa

You can chase your dreams at any age; you're never too old.

da' walbo; kama duqoobeesid."

Sixty-four; a thing no one, at any age, any gender, could ever do

Lixdan iyo afar, qofnaba da'walbo aha ahaatee, jinsi walbo,

aanan waligeed sameen, aa sameeyay,

has done it.

wax shaki ahna niyadayda kuma jiraan

And there's no doubt in my mind

inaan maanta ahay aas-aasaha ama hogaanka nolosheyda.

that I am at the prime of my life today.

(Applause)

(Sacbis)

Yeah.

Haa.

(Applause)

Thank you.

Mahadsanidiin.

Mida seddaxaad oo aan xeebta ku dhahay waxay aheyd,

And the third thing I said on that beach was,

it looks like the most solitary endeavor in the world,

"Waxay u muuqata inay tahay dadaalki ugu adkaa ee qof kaliya sameeyo ebed dunidaan aan jogno"

and in many ways, of course, it is.

hadii dhan loo fiiriyo, dabcan, weey tahay,

dhaka kalena, misna ah dhanka ugu muhiimsan,

And in other ways, and the most important ways,

it's a team.

waa dadaal koox, hadaa umaleeso inaan ahay qof lala dhaco

And if you think I'm a badass, you want to meet Bonnie.

Bonnie inaa la kulanto waaye."

(Laughter)

(Qosol)

Bonnie, where are you?

Bonnie, ku aaway?

Where are you?

Ku aaway?

There's Bonnie Stoll.

Waa tanaa Bonnie Stoll. (Sacbis)

(Applause)

Saaxibteyda.

My buddy.

(Applause)

The Henry David Thoreau quote goes,

Oraahdii Henry David Thoreau (Nin qoraay ahaa magaciis) ayaa sidan aheyd,

"When you achieve your dreams, it's not so much what you get

Markii aad hesho riyadaada, ma ahin waxa aad u badan oo aad hesho

ee waa waxa aad noqotay markii aad heshay.

as who you have become in achieving them."

And yeah, I stand before you now.

Haa, hortiina ayaan hada istaag sanahay.

In the three months since that swim ended,

Seddax bil gudaheeda markii ay dabaashi dhamaatay,

I've sat down with Oprah,

waxaan la fadhiistay Oprah (naag Tv show leh oo America ku sugan)

and I've been in President Obama's Oval Office;

waxana kaloo kula kulmay madaxweyne Obama (Madaxweynaha Mareekanka) xafiiskiisa.

I've been invited to speak in front of esteemed groups

waxaa laigu marti qaaday inaan kahor hadlo kooxo aad u sharaf badan sidiina oo kale.

such as yourselves;

waxaan kaloo saxiixay heshiis book aad u qurux badan oo weyn.

I've signed a wonderful major book contract.

All of that's great, and I don't denigrate it.

Waxyaalahan oo dhan waa wax aad igugu weyn, mana xaiqiri karo.

I'm proud of it all, but the truth is,

aad baan ugu faraxsanahay, laakin runta waa,

mar walbo waan socdaa maxaa yeelay waxaan ahay qof geesi ah,

I'm walking around tall

because I am that bold, fearless person, and I will be, every day,

aan marnaba cabsaneynin, waana ahaan doonaa, marwalbo.

until it's time for these days to be done.

ilaa aan kahool gabo.

Thank you very much and enjoy the conference.

Aad baad umahadsan tihiin , shirkana kuwada damaashaada.

Thank you. Thank you!

Mahadsanidiin. Mahadsanidiin, Mahadsanidiin. (Sacbis)

(Applause)

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! Thank you.

Mahadsanidiin. Mahadsanidiin, Mahadsanidiin.

Mahadsanidiin.

(Applause)

Horay usoco! (Sacbis)

Find a way!

(Applause)